LEC 1 - What is learning Flashcards
what is learning
It’s a dynamic unrestricted process in changes of behaviour through experiences to which we learn along the way through life span in humans and animals
why would we want to see animals perform in learning
we want to see the performances if the animal will do the same thing to prove what’s experienced in their pov is learned.
what is the process and product of learning
its a relativly permanet changing in behaviour through experience
when we talk about learning, what do we identify as behaviour
any activity of an organism that can be observed or somehow measured (external and internally)
why do we study learning behaviour
because Understanding the basic principles of learning can help you to understand and ultimately facilitate effective behavior change
what would be an example to effective behaviour change when learning the basic principals of learning
training yourself time management, doing homework everyday, improve friendships, etc.
who made theories about the structure of learning
Aristole and plato
what where the two philosipher differences in theory
plato had the nature approch that a persons tendency and knowledge are present at birth
aristole has nurture approch that tendencies and abillities are taught through life span.
when we say nurture what type political policy is that
emprictist
when we say nature what type of political policy is that
navist
what is Associationism
its aristotles theory that earning and memory depend
on a formulation between experiences, ideas and events. and we link them together as associations
what is an example of associatonism
when we think of water we may think of other associations with water such as cold, hot, shower, pool, swimming, etc.
how do these associations happen
they happen in 4 laws to which explain why and what associations are depending on the stimuli
what are the four laws
simularity
contrast
contiguity
frequency
what is the law of simularity and example
if a stimuli is simular by common apperence or function
ex - water and soda
what is the law of contrast and example
the stimuli being the opposite from another
EX - water and fire
what is the law on coniguity and example
the stimuli is close within space and time
ex - thunder and lightning
what is the law of frequency and example
the stimuli is powerful along with the association
EX - swimming everyday to practise for comp
what did john locke and aristotle have in common
that children arrive in the world with a blank slate of no tendencies or abilities of any kind of learning, learning comes through experience.
in part of dualisim, if rene believes that much of what we know is inherited from day one, would he agree more with aristotle or plato
plato because plato believes that what we know has been held since birth.
what did rene suggest specsifically
that out mind and body were seperate from one another, while we may have the body of a machine that has triggers, our mind is at free will.
what was tichters idea about learning
that we identify the basic
elements which determine structure of the mind by using introspection
what is introspection in structualisim
research method where participants
subjectively described thoughts, emotions, and sensations.
who is the political policy of functionalisim
william james
what did william potray in functionalisim
the mind evolved to help us adapt to the world around us ; the study of adaptive processes
in functionalisim, how would we adapt to the world around us to learn
we learn and develop new memories by writing about associations and combing them.
would we say that functionalisim and navist is simular theory approch when it comes to learning behaviour
yes because both william and aristotle see the theory as humans and animals learn a behaviour by associating stimulis with other things from the four laws of associaonism.
animals that have fur, four legs, a tail, and bark and ate precieved to be the same species.
what is this an example of
law of simulairty
the fact that full and empty are easily associated with eachother is and example of
the law of contrast
the more often one practises a particular move in wrestling the more likley one is to perform well, what is this an example of
frequency
lisa walked through a lake and found a crocidile, now everytime she crosses a lake, she gets nervous each time she needs to cross the lake
what is this an example of
the law of contiguity
what do we associate dualisim with
rene descartes and mind and body theory thats invoulentary and reflexive
why was dualisim so important in psychology
because it proved that behaviours in reflexive mode could be scientifically investigated through animals which may lead us to useful information about human behaviour
what is tabula rasa
it mean blank slate to the british empericists
what did john locke believe in as a empricisits
that the mind composed of a finite set of basic elements that are combined through the princiapals of association to form a councious experiement.
what do we get out of looking at learning and behaviour
understanding why we behave the way we do and how we can change it
what is behaviour
any type of orginisim that can be observed or measured somehow
when we read and then we speak about how we read the subject what is behaviour and learning
the behaviour is reading while the learning is how we precieve the subject by speaking it out loud
